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will explore how the process and products of digital storytelling can tap into
personal identity and respond to the experience and wisdom of the group. If
possible, participants are encouraged to bring an iPad with the iMovie app.
We will provide technology as needed.
Viola Spolin and Augusto Boal: Soul Mates in Improvisation
Chair: Pamela Sterling, Arizona State University
Presenters: Jason Davids Scott, Arizona State University School; Haley
Honeman, Rivka Rocchio. Arizona State University graduate students
Location: Denver 2nd – Blanca Peak
This session will discuss and present some of the surprising connections
between the “American Mother of Improvisation”, Viola Spolin, and the
“Father of Theatre for Social Change”, Augusto Boal. Much of the work
of Spolin and Boal began with and still involves the use of theatre games,
and many of those theatre games rose from these two theatre practitioners’
experiences with educators who realized the worth of dramatic play. This
session will explore some of the historical roots of contemporary creative
dramatics, improvisation, and theatrical devising. There will be excerpts from
scholarly papers examing the influences of educators Neva Boyd and John
Dewey on the work of Viola Spolin, and a discussion of Paolo Friere’s influence
on Boal. There will also be a discussion and demonstration of how the
integration of these two globally separated but creatively connected theatre
artists can be used to foster community, promote tolerance, embrace diversity,
encourage creativity, and devise performance material with and for young
people.
Global Storybook Theatre - Tales from Far, Middle and Near - Promoting
Cultural Diversity
Chair: Patch Clark, East Carolina University
Location: Lobby Level-Mt. Sopris B
Global stories gathered during linking sessions with Shimane, Japan,
Saratov, Russia, Beijing, China, and Lima Peru and Mexico are brought to life
onstage through Storybook Theatre techniques as well as stories collected
while working with children and youth in Duhok and Kirkuk in the Kurdistan
regions of Iraq. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the
cultural heritage of literature and theatre for children and youth in the various
countries, while also working with global stories and the creative process of
staging tales from far middle and near. Such stories as “The Bat of Colors”
from Mexico, “Peach Boy” from Japan, and “The Rooster and the Hen” from
Russia add to the excitement and cultural understanding of the rich and shared
heritage of countries from around the world.
Saturday August 2nd
11:15am - 12:30pm – Concurrent Sessions
Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance Post-Publication
Roundtable
Chair: Angie Sweigart-Gallagher, Northeastern Illinois University
Presenters: Victoria Pettersen Lantz, Sam Houston State University; Manon
van de Water, University of Wisconsin—Madison; Erika Hughes, Arizona
State University; Sarah Coleman, University of Texas—Austin; Lorenzo Garcia,
University of North Texas
Location: Denver 2nd – Blanca Peak
In 2014, Routledge is publishing the edited collection, Nationalism and Youth
in Theatre and Performance. The collection’s editors, Victoria Lantz and Angela
Sweigart-Gallagher, are gathering together some of the contributors to discuss
the aims and objectives in the book, giving accounts of the included chapters.
We will discuss in a roundtable format issues surrounding the ways in which
children and young people engage with their national identities on local
and international stages. We will share how the book explores educational
drama and applied theatre techniques in classrooms and camps; international
youth theatre festivals/performances; adult-guided dramas of patriotism;
and youth-created staged protests. The collection covers a range of topics
on international youth performance, and this roundtable allows us to share
historical and contemporary perspectives on how youth performers deal with
the complex idea of nationalism.
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